re: How did we get duped into believing that an early breakfast

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That said, I love breakfast food and want to move my window a little earlier and eating breakfast food mid am. I know that's cultural, and I do enjoy breakfast for dinner, but I just prefer breakfast in am.

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100%
I’ll often enjoy breakfast food on Saturday mornings around 10:30 now and skip lunch.
I do miss a meal before church, but a 12:30 brunch works too, and that’s a good fast.

And yes, we’ll eat breakfast for supper maybe 1-2 times a month too. It’s the best food

It just requires monitoring my calories.

I'm young, I have good genetics in some areas, and I'm active.

It aint easy, but it is simple. You eat more than you expend, you gain weight.

EDIT - Just to clarify, I'm 5'7" around 184, waist is at a 34 currently. I was 240 pounds at the beginning of this year with a 40 inch waist. And when I was that large I rarely snacked or ate breakfast. I just gorged at meal times. The only difference now is I weigh what I eat. I don't think the timing of the meals has much to do with it.

Breakfast is nectar of the gods

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EDIT - Just to clarify, I'm 5'7" around 184, waist is at a 34 currently. I was 240 pounds at the beginning of this year with a 40 inch waist. And when I was that large I rarely snacked or ate breakfast. I just gorged at meal times. The only difference now is I weigh what I eat. I don't think the timing of the meals has much to do with it.

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I'd venture to say that you didn't lose 56 lbs by weighing your food.
I'm assuming you went from no activity to a good bit of consistent exercise.

You'd shed 20 more if you did a strict 18/6 daily fast.

Try latin breakfast. Eggs, Bean, cheese, and coffee . Rice

Timing is everything when it comes to diet and health. Your liver is on a circadian code and releases an enzyme once you have had your 1st calorie of the day. It continues to work on demand as you eat during the day for 12 hours. After that whatever calories you eat or drink are in your body without the enzyme and it wrecks havoc on your metabolism. Longer glucose spikes, slower digestion etc. causing inflammation hurting your microbiome and damaging your body. Once you have had your last calorie you can eat again in 12 hours. Don't eat 3 hours before bedtime or it will interfere with your sleep also. The longer you go beyond 12 hours the greater your autophagy occurs which activates your body to clean up itself and recycle, reuse or create waste products so that your biological processes operate at maximal efficiency. The read this from is called "The Circadian Code" by Dr. Sancha Panda.